Japan Intercepts Nuclear Materials On Ship Bound For North Korea

And so the plot thickens. Strange bed fellows (all those involved in the NOKO issues) thats for sure.

Cargo on a ship bound for North Korea
and intercepted in Japan has been identified as nuclear materials today. The materials were found on the vessel, which had sailed from the Chinese
port of Dalian, when it berthed in Tokyo harbor last August. After six months' testing, the Japanese authorities confirmed they were aluminum alloy
rods, which are normally used in nuclear centrifuges, of which North Korea has, in the past, claimed to have "thousands."

The rods, which were being stored by a firm in a warehouse in Tokyo, were ordered to be handed over by the Japanese Government, which cited a law from
2010 which allows it to intercept cargo bound for the DPRK which it suspects to be nuclear-related. Last month, North Korea undertook a third
successful nuclear test, which its ally China
condemned.

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